Tillage
Making best use of nitrogen on winter crops
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Tillage
Teagasc is categorising its recommendations regarding nitrogen which is applied to winter crops in ways that reflect current plant numbers....
Environment
The Irish government could potentially step in to mandate the spreading of protected urea if farmers do not voluntarily commit...
Agri-Business
In the latest installment of Agriland’s Organics Series, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), we visit...
Tillage
March beckons and tillage farmers will be keen to kick-on with the management priorities associated with winter cereal crops, planted...
Tillage
The presence of cereal volunteers or companion plants with oilseed rape (OSR) could lead to a marked reduction in damage...
Tillage
Teagasc’s Crops Costs and Returns 2024 booklet identifies a consistent fall-off in variable costs associated with cereal production over the past...
Tillage
Teagasc has just published its Crop Costs and Returns 2024 overview. It is intended as an indicative guide to crop...
Environment
Teagasc’s Gary Lanigan has highlighted a number of mitigation measures that can be taken by farmers to reduce greenhouse gas...
Environment
Climate change will impact “all aspects” of Irish agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned today (Thursday, January 25) as...
Tillage
A new chemistry to control fungal diseases in crops has just been announced. The joint breakthrough, by Syngenta Crop Protection...
Tillage
Planning for the tillage year ahead is an obvious priority at this time for those farmers committed to growing crops....
Tillage
A team of researchers in the US have tested ‘laser scarecrows’ that use light to deter birds from crops. Researchers...
Tillage News
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has ruled out the possibility of extending the Unharvested Crop Loss...
Tillage
Teagasc tillage specialist, Shay Phelan, has highlighted a number of fieldwork priorities for tillage farmers, which should be addressed in...
Tillage
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have confirmed there have been 277 applications received for the Unharvested...
Tillage
Wet years will always flag up issues that relate to poorly drained land on tillage farms. Undoubtedly, 2023 was one...
Tillage
The Teagasc 2023 Harvest Report has confirmed the impact of the poor weather and ground conditions on crops over the...
Tillage
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) grain committee chairman, Kieran McEvoy, has welcomed the €7 million tillage support funding announced by agriculture...